House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safe and Affordable Transit Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for grants to certain urbanized areas for operating costs relating to crime prevention and security, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 26, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6298.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRIEDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 198, November 25, 2025, Page H4902):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6298, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6298
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.